To combat cow flu outbreak, scientists plan to infect cattle with influenza in high-security labs: Novel effort comes as study finds key receptor for avian flu virus in udders

• Main Author: Kupferschmidt, Kai
• Other Authors: Beer, Martin, Webby, Richard, Peacock, Tom, Richt, Jürgen, Gerdts, Volker, Worobey, Michael, Koopmans, Marion
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Text; ddc:570; Pressespiegel > Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut > Forschung > Geflügelpest > Vogelgrippe > HPAIV > Ausbruchsgeschehen > USA > Milchkuh > Milch > Euter > Sialinsäure > Sicherheitslabor > Tierversuch > Studie > Kooperation; Fuller; Avian flu
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.zuult2k; https://www.openagrar.de/receive/openagrar_mods_00095966; https://www.openagrar.de/servlets/MCRZipServlet/openagrar_derivate_00058971; https://www.science.org/content/article/combat-cow-flu-outbreak-scientists-plan-infect-cattle-influenza-high-security-labs; https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.01.591751v1; https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2405371

The avian influenza virus that has been infecting dairy cows and spreading alarm in the United States was expected to reach Germany this week. But that’s actually good news. A shipment of samples of the H5N1 virus from Cornell University virologist Diego Diel is destined for the Federal Research Ins...